Otis Spaulding Letter Describes Travels and Mexico Visit
A letter from Otis Spaulding to EM Spaulding and wife from Gila Bend Arizona May 18 recounts a travel route through Texas and New Mexico to Fort Bliss Cheyenne and across the Rio Grande into Chihuahua Mexico. He describes sights including a Toltec era church post office ruins a large stone cross mound and a religious scene, with notes on safety searches by Mexican sailors and everyday life along the journey.
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Gila Ben
Ariz
Frogi Pewie T
Su Lasket
Texas
Tucson
P3ch
Dering
New Siexico
Toag Ty Bee
Frank Bedee
el Faso
Fort Buss
Une Sams
Russell
Cheyenne
CIA
Ives
Quito
Rio Grande
Chidad Dourez
Wale
Vila
Otis Spaulding
Relics of Ciudad Juarez Battle and Local Notices
Vivid recollections describe trenches, shell damage, and ruined buildings near Ciudad Juarez with mentions of bells and a goddess statue as a guide notes. The piece also shifts to obituaries and church notices, detailing the life of S. A. McIlwain from Indiana to California and Oregon, with funeral rites and Masonic involvement.
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Nike
Ciudad Juares
Tucson
Arizona
San Savor
San Cruse Valley
Jesus
Local ladies visit friends and neighbors on Saturday
Mrs Anna Stonerock of Port visited E Miller and family Saturday. Mrs Sallie Foy and Mrs Dot Falk of Kokomo spent Saturday Bert Burtch and family. Mrs Audra Lanner assisted in Galveston Drug Co store Saturday. Mrs Mollie Watson and Mrs Nannie Barr of Goldsmith were Saturday guests of Mrs Amanda Brown.
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Anna Stonerock
Port
E. Miller
Sallie Foy
Dot Falk
Kokomo
Bert Burtch
Audra Lanner
Galveston Drug Co’s
Mollie Watson
Nannie Barr
Goldsmith
Amanda Brown
Local families visit kin and friends across towns
Mrs Martha Miller of Kokomo visited her son L E Miller and his wife. John Gilliland and wife of Kokomo were Saturday guests of John Kile and family. Curt Laird of Lucerne spent Saturday in Galveston. Miss Ida Young Mrs Ella Holman and Mrs Verna Rhodes and children of Kokomo spent Saturday afternoon in Galveston.
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Ley
Lida
W.I Zehring
Galveston
Cass County
United States
Spain
Phil- Haine Islands
Aguinaldo
Ade
Bunker Hill
Ind
Bessie McDowell
D. A. McDowell
Kokomo
Main Street
Reid
Martha Miller
L.E Miller
John Gilliland
John Kile
Family
Curt Laird
Lucerne
Ida Young
Ella Holman
Verna Rhodes
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EM. Spaulding
Ogs
Burl Bevington
Flora
Wim. Endicott
Indianapolis
Chas. Stewart
A. M. Endicott
C.F. Thomas
Gaelz
Harry Thomas
Dorothy Lou
B. C. Thomas
Lo Sonsport
Elbert Day
Bouiyeon
Dro King
Lang
Choti
Brown
Murscatine
Ada
Osick
Ning
Galvestoun Drug Co
S. A. McIlwain
Theodore So
Emma McIlwain
Vitamil County
Indiana
Escondido
California
Belle Turley
Katie Reid
Barberton
Ohio
Belle Tur
Ure Methodist Church
Edwards
Christian Church
Martinsville
G. F. Garrison
Galveston Methodist Church
Masonic Order
Fancy Batiste
Windsor
Mer
Styles
Shaneh
Kelly
Ered
A. T. Keynan
New York City
Thalman & Levi
Lee Hie
Wayne
Deven
Bon Ami
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